Paranormal Watch April

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A p r i l 2 0 0 9 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 2

THE UKBPA IN THE MEDIA...THE UKBPA IN THE MEDIA...THE UKBPA IN THE MEDIA...

The UKBPA’s First Appearance in the Na-The UKBPA’s First Appearance in the Na-

tional Papers and another Radio Inter-tional Papers and another Radio Inter-

viewview

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED

DUE TO HACKINGDUE TO HACKINGDUE TO HACKING

UKBPA launch new website and forumUKBPA launch new website and forum

Volume 1, Issue 2 April 2009

THE UKBPA AND TandIM THE UKBPA AND TandIM THE UKBPA AND TandIM

VestiGo BRING YOU THE VestiGo BRING YOU THE VestiGo BRING YOU THE

PARANORMAL LICENSEPARANORMAL LICENSEPARANORMAL LICENSE

Find out more about TandIM VestiGo In-Find out more about TandIM VestiGo In-

sideside

FEATURES : FEATURES : FEATURES :

Pevensey Courthouse, L.E.A.P. Roche Ab-Pevensey Courthouse, L.E.A.P. Roche Ab-

bey, The Kodak z7590, RAF Coleby bey, The Kodak z7590, RAF Coleby

Grange, Ghosts of the Norfolk Broads and Grange, Ghosts of the Norfolk Broads and

Kent Paranormal Seekers Kent Paranormal Seekers

PLUS…. PLUS…. Projects Team News, Projects Team News, HBOS grant application Update, HBOS grant application Update, Location and Tech NewsLocation and Tech News

The Haunted Control Tower At RAF Coleby Grange, LincolnshireThe Haunted Control Tower At RAF Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire


In This issue

you will

probably

have noticed

that we have

changed the

format, and

gone for a

magazine

style format,

as well as

including

more general

stories, we

hope to make

the PARANORMAL

WATCH more accessible

to a wider audience,

thereby spreading the

word about the UKBPA

and our aims to more than

just our members.

Of course the PARA-

NORMAL WATCH is

always glad to receive

your news, stories, investi-

gations and group write

ups, so feel free to mail

anything you think might

be of interest to UKBPA

members, and we will do

our best to feature it in the

next months edition.

The First paranormal Li-

censes' have been handed

out to groups, marking a

MAJOR step forward for

both us and our members,

which I believe to be the

first step to bringing some

hard fought and long

sought respect to this

field.

Slainté!

Tam Kinnear-Swift

Welcome to the April edi-

tion of the PARANOR-

MAL WATCH!

WOW! Well what HASN’T

happened this month….

From grant funding, part-

nerships with businesses,

media articles and inter-

views to website hacking,

the BPA has had it all!

This month has seen a

significant raise in the

BPA’s profile, with both

National newspaper arti-

cles and radio shows fea-

turing us.

We had both an article in

national tabloid “The Sun”

and our BPA Media Rep,

Nick Thurston, was inter-

viewed on Talk Sport ra-

dio station. As a result of

this more members have

come forward and bought

licenses and affiliated

their groups to us.

The hacking incident

taught us a few things,

firstly , not to rest on our

laurels, as it became clear

that the UKBPA’s name

wasn’t as widespread as

we had first anticipated

and hoped, something

which the media attention

we have had of late seems

to have helped with, but it

also means we must be cre-

ating quite a stir, otherwise

the site would not have

been hacked, not once, but

three times in the space of

2 months.

Now, I don't about you, but

the more someone DOES-

N'T want me to do some-

thing, the more I WANT to

do it.

An attitude shared by the

rest of the UKBPA staff, as

was proved by everyone

who was involved with hav-

ing the site up and running

again within 6 hours of it

being hacked.

It turned out, however to be

a blessing in disguise, as we

now have a better website

than at any point before,

proving that there is no way

of stopping an organization

with the motivation to

change an industry that is

badly in need of reform.

News stories and articles

have been filtering in at all

hours of the night/day

which means I have been

working almost 16 hours a

day on this months PARA-

NORMAL WATCH,

something I wouldn't have

foreseen happening after

last months issue, but as

you can see, this months

issue is a much more pre-

pared, and well thought out

than last months, which

was literally put together in

a few hours.

The Editors Say... 2 UKBPA Launch New

Website due To

Hacking Problems

3

TandIM VestiGo 4

The UKBPA In The

National Media 5

projects team

News 5

Featured Investiga-

tion — RIPS At

Roche Abbey

6,7

SPRG Do Charity

event For Comic 8

Featured Tech Kit —

The Kodak Z7590 8

Featured Group —

L.E.A.P 9

Strange Goings On

At RAF Coleby 10

The UKBPA Award

First Paranormal

License

11

Featured Venue—

Pevensey Court-

house Museum

12

The UKBPA In Fea-

tured On National

Radio Show

12

The UKBPA In Last

25 For HBOA Grant

Funding

12

Ghosts Of The Nor-

folk Broads 13

The Claus Schrei-

ber Method, With

Lance Reed

14

UKBPA Affiliated

Venues 15

I n s i d e T h i s

Mon th s I s s ue O f

T h e P ar anorma l

Wa tch :

The Editors’ Say...The Editors’ Say...The Editors’ Say...The Editors’ Say...

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V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 2

Tam Kinnear-Swift,

Editor of the Paranor-

mal Watch

“This month

has seen a

significant

raise in the

BPA’s pro-

file, with

both Na-

tional news-

paper arti-

cles and ra-

dio shows

featuring

us”


paranormal licence number to use

certain areas of the site.

This hopefully will encourage

more people to join and become

members of the UKBPA, in order

to gain access to our offers, re-

wards and benefits such as re-

duced insurance, venue discounts

etc.

The only downfall with all of this

is that of course members of the

old forum will have to re-register

on the new forum. Unfortunately,

there is nothing we can do about

this because it is an entirely new

site, hosted by a new host, and

therefore we are trying to encour-

age all old members to re-register

and help us get the forum back to

the way it was.

With this though, we have now

rescinded the “Group Initials-First

Name” format for forum names,

this means that you can now sign

up with any name you want, as

long as it is in the bounds of de-

cency and taste. The reason for

this is because on the last site, the

forum and site were all part of the

same website, and members of the

forum could browse the whole

site, whereas now, we have two

separately hosted sites, meaning

you don't have to be a member of

the UKBPA to sign up for the fo-

rum.

Once again, my sincerest thanks

to all who have stuck by us this

last month.

Lets hope next month is better

than this one!

Brian—BPA Founder

The UKBPA’s New site can be

found at www.ukbpa.org

It’s been an interesting and a very

productive month, to say the very

least.

The projects that we have all been

working on, have now started to be

rolled out, and become available for

our members.

The licensing price has come down

again, making it more accessible to

all involved in the paranormal world,

be it in a club, group or individual

basis. More about this on the next

page.

There were also a few setbacks that

brought the BPA to a sudden halt for

about 6 hours.

On Saturday 7th of march the BPA

became aware that the site had been

brought down by a hacking program,

or had even been hacked deliberately

to stop the name of the BPA moving

forward, although there is no way of

knowing either way.

Within hours of the emails and calls

flooding in informing us that site was

down, we were on the case looking to

solve the mystery but sadly it was too

late to rectify, with ALL the site data

being deleted.

We then set to work on rebuilding a

temporary site for our members, in

some cases, working straight

through the night without rest.

I would like to take this opportunity

thank all that got stuck in and helped

us rebuild it, those who took the time

to inform us it had been hacked, and

those of you who have patiently

stuck by us through the difficulties,

once again helping us get back on

our feet again, showing that we can

take the knocks and will ride the

waves and always come back again.

With a temporary site up and run-

ning, an announcement was placed

on the site looking for a web de-

signer to offer help with building a

new site, and following the radio

interview on Talk Sport on sun

night, several people have offered

help.

While it has caused us some prob-

lems, mostly with making people

aware of the new site and forum, it

has rather been a blessing in dis-

guise, as we were planning a major

overhaul of the forum and site any-

way, and it just speeded things up

through necessity rather than want.

I have been very busy this month,

getting out and about, meeting

groups and handing out paranor-

mal licences, but i have also spent a

lot of time working on the new web-

site format, which all being well will

only be temporary, but just in case,

it serves us well to make it look as

professional and easy to use as pos-

sible.

New features to the site include,

locked off areas to non UKBPA

members, and a new password sys-

tem that requires you to enter your

“we were planning a major

overhaul of the forum and site

anyway, and it just speeded

things up through necessity

rather than want”

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TandIM VestiGO,

‘The Photo ID Card

People’

The UK British Paranor-

mal Association is in

high spirits after the in-

troduction of its new

photo ID card for use by

members when carrying

out investigations at

commercial properties

and private venues.

Produced by

Leeds-based

TandIM Ves-

tiGO, ‘the Photo

ID Card People’,

the card is

another

step to-

wards

achieving

greater recogni-

tion and profes-

sionalism for the

association and

its members.

The plastic card,

which incorpo-

rates the associa-

tion’s distinctive

‘haunted house’

logo, carries three

pieces of informa-

tion plus the

member’s pic-

ture: the member’s

name; the club to which

he or she belongs; and

the member’s unique

paranormal licence

number.

Comments founder,

Brian Lambert: “The

card is intended to add

value to UKBPA mem-

bership, advance our

standing in the profes-

sion and, of course, pro-

vide clients with verifi-

cation of the investiga-

tor’s credentials.”

“TandIM VestiGO

worked closely with us

throughout to meet all

our particular require-

ments. From our own

computer we can now

access a UKBPA dedi-

cated web space to gen-

erate all the cards we

need. These are then

produced and shipped to

us. It couldn’t be quicker

or easier.”

“Importantly for us as a

not-for-profit organisa-

tion, there was no capi-

tal investment required

and we retain complete

control of the whole

process from start to

finish.”

“I would recommend

TandIM VestiGO to any-

one wanting a different

approach that makes

card production safer,

quicker and easier.”

TandIM VestiGO have

agreed to significantly

lower the cost of produc-

ing these cards for the

UKBPA and its members

so we can keep costs to a

minimum in order to

make our members lives

easier and cheaper to go

about your business.

The NEW License costs,

which are even LOWER

than advertised in

last months edi-

tion of PARA-

NORMAL

WATCH, now

stand at £25 for a

Club or Group

license and £17

for an individual

license. However,

due to PayPal

taking fees, there is also

a £1.50 processing fee

on top of this if you pay

using this method.

There are many groups

and venues out there

who have a reputation of

being unprofessional.

Joining the BPA allows

you not only be a part of

an association which will

support you, but will

also work with you or on

your behalf to obtain

discounts, member's

nights out as well as in-

formation services.

By lowering costs for

you, our members, the

UKBPA can make it

more accessible to ALL

groups within the Para-

normal Industry, and

hope therefore to get

more groups involved.

To Apply for your Para-

normal License, contact

[email protected]

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TandIM VestiGO and

the UKBPA’s Unique

Paranormal License

ID card

“TandIM

VestiGO Ltd

have

teamed up

with the

UKBPA to

bring you

the first

Paranormal

License.”


UKBPA Asked To Comment On Spooky Photo


The UKBPA was asked this

month, to comment on the

above photo by the Sun

newspaper.

The article was on

Colin Foster, who

inadvertently cap-

tured this image

whilst holidaying in

Northern England.

“MY girlfriend and

I were looking

through the

photo’s, when she grabbed

my hand and said ‘Stop’

“She insisted I zoom in on

one particular photograph,

at first I didn't see it, but as

we zoomed in, we both

turned to each other with

our mouths agape”

Said Clint Symonds, the

BPA’s Vice chairman of the

photo “This is one of those

pictures that makes you sit

up and saw WOW. But obvi-

ously it also needs deep ex-

amination.

“Its so easy these days to

fool the public with para-

normal phenomena, due to

modern software.

building a new forum site,

something which fortu-

nately I had previous experi-

ence of doing, and within 6

hours had a running forum

board for the UKBPA to

work from again.

Aside from this, the projects

team have been working

hard on a number of differ-

ent things. Whilst Bex has

been hunting down and try-

ing to find a printer who can

print our membership cer-

tificates cheaply and without

fuss, I have been working on

the UKBPA membership

pack, Working with Ves-

tiGO, the company that pro-

duced the UKBPA member-

ship cards on repaying their

kindness towards us by pro-

moting them, also i have

been collating and editing

this months PARANOR-

MAL WATCH and also

trying to make people aware

of the new website and fo-

rum that was necessitated

by thoughtless hackers.

The MySpace and Facebook

campaigns are ongoing and

both doing well, with more

and more supporters being

made aware of the UKBPA

than ever before due to the

popularity of these two

internet mediums.

Any enquiries, email me

directly at Project-

[email protected]

Tam Kinnear-Swift

Well, this month has cer-

tainly been interesting if

nothing else.

On Saturday the 7th, at

around 1800 hours, I re-

ceived a phone call from

Brian, telling me the BPA

website had been hacked

and completely removed.

Understandably, he was

pretty distraught that all the

hard work had “gone for a

burton” and was on the

verge of calling it a day.

I was both amazed and dis-

traught that someone would

destroy two years of hard

work like that for seemingly

no reason, but never once

thought of giving up, only

showing those responsible

that we wouldn't be beaten

by getting something better

up and running ASAP.

I quickly set to work on

News From the Projects Team

Tam and Bex,

The UKBPA’s

Projects

Team

“I was both

amazed and

distraught

that someone

would

destroy two

years of hard

work like that

for seemingly

no reason”

“Its so easy

these days

to fool the

public with

paranormal

phenomena

due to

modern

software”


“The strangest

picture of all,

was a rather

dark photo

taken in front of

the ruined

church”

Roche Abbey, just

outside of Rother-

ham, South York-

shire

Featured Investigation — RIPS

At Roche Abbey, South Yorkshire

We started by walking

around, tuning in and

getting a feel for the en-

vironment, the sights

and natural sounds of

the place, taking a few

photo's in the process.

We opened the investi-

gation officially, on the

south side of the Abbey,

facing the two towers,

with the usual opening

protection prayers, as

well as casting a circle of

protection, and asked

permission from any-

thing that may be there

and to re-assure them

we meant no harm. My

feeling of the place was a

very calm, serene one,

with nothing unusual

detected by anyone, in

fact one member com-

mented on how calm it

seemed there.

We called out to any

spirit to make them-

selves known by giving

us a sign, either audibly

or by giving us an orb

and continued taking

photographs. Unfortu-

nately, none were seen

by the naked eye, al-

though plenty were seen

in reviewing the photo's.

We carried on calling

out whilst recording

hoping that even if we

didn't pick anything up

with our ears that per-

haps the recorders

would. It was noted by

several members of the

team, that the tempera-

ture was slightly colder

in the SE and the South

side of the Abbey, but

Roche abbey sits in a

valley and we put this

down to ground tem-

perature being lower

here. during this time a

movement was spotted

by two different mem-

bers of the team to our

right, on top of the ridge,

but as this was close to

the public footpath, it is

impossible to conclude

with any certainty that it

was paranormal, and so

was dismissed.

After closing the circle

with prayers, we moved

back around to the north

end of the Abbey, taking

more photo's on the

way, (interestingly, this

is when the orbs were

captured on the camera)

to the ruined church on

the east side. there we

again called out and

took some photo's as

well as recording. One of

the members of the team

was drawn to the door

leading to what would

have been the first floor

of the old gatehouse,

and several photo's were

taken of said doorway,

but nothing was re-

corded, except on one

photo, when the above

mentioned team mem-

ber was recording and

calling out, an orb was

captured in close prox-

imity to her.

Conclusion : I came

away from the Abbey

slightly disappointed, as

I had been looking at the

photo's after I had taken

them, and seen nothing

at the time, but when I

got home, I found quite

a lot of orbs (or light

anomalies) had been

captured, specifically in

the SE corner of the Ab-

bey. Almost all of the

orbs we photographed

appeared here, they

were accompanied also

by mist (although in two

of the photo's it is actu-

ally my breath and after

seeing this on the first

shot, took another one

as I breathed out to

prove this) however, the

mist that we caught on

camera that was not my

breath, was paler in col-

our, less opaque looking

and hung in the air dif-

ferently (indeed on the

photo below, it appears

at about 15-20 feet from

the ground) it is also

worth noting that an orb

was captured right be-

hind the mist seemed to

be forming. Several dis-

tinct orbs were captured,

whilst others were

smaller or further away

and not so distinct.

The strangest picture of

all was a rather dark

photo taken in front of

the ruined church

(slightly to the front left

of where the orbs were

captured) where there

appears to be a hooded

figure crouching as if in

prayer.

Continued on next

page

The Unexplained

Floating Cloud in the

SE corner of the Ab-

bey Ruins



RIPS At Roche Abbey — Continued


Continued from over-

leaf

The photo itself is quite

grainy, but the image is

clearly visible in the bottom

left corner. We looked at the

photo, ran it through a few

filters to try and make it

clearer and enhance the out-

line, and detail so perhaps

we could prove it was maybe

the mist from someone's

breath, or the light reflect-

ing of the frosted ground,

but some of the figure ap-

pears above grass level

(overlapping the Abbey

wall) and is just as clear,

thus discounting this theory.

The enhanced photo only

serves to sharpen the image

and clarify the fact it looks

like a praying monk. I have

examined this photo a num-

ber of times, and can come

up with no scientific reason

for the image captured in

this picture,. as nothing was

seen at the time of capture.

Roche Abbey is a very inter-

esting environment, al-

though night investigations

are difficult due to the fact

that there is very little natu-

ral light in the valley in

which Roche Abbey sits.

Due to its layout i am pretty

certain a day investigation

would produce better re-

sults, as with a flash camera,

the pictures were really only

picking up close proximity

detail with a lot of the back-

ground being dark due to

the flash not illuminating it

sufficiently.

I think due to this fact, we

will return and investigate

again during daylight, and

compare the two investiga-

tions

To find out more about

Rotherham Investiga-

tive Paranormal Society,

then visit their website,

www.ripsonline.com

To have your investigations

featured here, email

paranormal-

[email protected]

batteries wont even power it

enough to take one photo, but

this aside, it is an extremely

good bit of kit.

Close up pictures are sharp

and well defined under the

flash and in normal mode,

unfortunately, it loses quite a

lot of sharpness and focus in

the later stages of the zoom,

but a quick change of the set-

tings rectifies this almost in-

stantly. With up to 4mb of

internal memory and on the

memory card available, it is

ideal for any photo’s and vid-

eos you would take in the

course of investigations,

it even has a built in

microphone for sound

details as well.

Prices range from £180

upward, but if you are

prudent, you can pick

one up, as I did for as

little as 45 pounds from

second hand shops.

Rating : 8/10

Tam Kinnear-Swift

The Kodak EasyShare

Z7590 has a 10x optical

zoom, a 5-megapixel resolu-

tion, an SLR-like electronic

viewfinder and manual ex-

posure controls. The Flash

in Night mode will throw a

flash a good 10- 15 meters,

ideal for the sort of prox-

imity expected investigating.

With a beast like the Z7590,

don't expect to be buying

anything less than high

quality lithium batteries to

power it though, as normal

Featured Technical Kit—The

Kodak z7590

The Kodak Z7590—

Sharp, powerful and

inexpensive

AREAS COVERED:

1. London

2. The South East

3. The South

West

4. Wales

5. East Anglia

6. The Midlands

7. Yorkshire And

The Humber

8. The North

West

9. Scotland and

the Isles

10. Northern

Ireland

The Enhanced Picture of what appears

to be a praying monk. What do YOU

think?


“unfortunately

after arriving

at the front

gates we found

a nice thick

chain and

padlock tied

around the

gate, but us

being eager left

the cars by the

entrance and

embarked on

probably one

of the longest

paths leading

up to a

property we

have ever seen”

Clint Symonds,

the UKBPA’s Lo-

cation and Tech-

nical Rep and Vice

Chairman

SPRG Do Charity Event For Comic

Relief On Saturday 14th March

S.P.R.G Founder and UKBPA

Vice Chairman Clint Sy-

monds took his group SPRG

up to Woodchester Mansion

in the Cotswold's to help host

a charity event in aid of

Comic Relief. My team con-

sisted of 16 members which

also includes the BPA's Spiri-

tual Adviser Angie Osborn

and the BPA's Press/Media

Rep Nick Thurston. We ar-

rived in Nympsfield about

4pm and stopped of at a pub-

lic house called The Old

Fleece for a meal and chat

about the evening, soon as

we arrived at the pub my

Sensitive's were picking up

on spirit (not the drinking

type!) and after chatting to

the staff they confirmed to us

that it was haunted. We

could not gain access to

Woodchester until about

8pm so it was nice after a 3

hour drive to relax and chill

out before the night begun.

We drove on to the mansion

to get there for about 7pm as

we thought that it was only

the mansion that we couldn't

gain access to and having

heard that the grounds are

just as haunted we wanted to

have a walk around and get

the feel of the place, unfortu-

nately after arriving at the

front gates we found a nice

thick chain and padlock tied

around the gate, but us being

eager left the cars by the en-

trance and embarked on

probably one of the longest

paths leading up to a prop-

erty we have ever seen. If any

of you have been there you

will know what I mean, little

did we know it was going to

take us about 25mins of

walking before we would

get a glimpse of this out-

standing venue, by the

time we got there the driv-

ers had to turn around and

take a long walk back only

to find the gates now open

and a long queue of cars

behind us.

As we entered the mansion

you could feel the eeriness

that surrounds it, once eve-

ryone was together which

also included about 18

members of sponsored

public who have never

done anything like this be-

fore, we were introduced to

2 of the members of the

Gloucestershire group

G.P.R.P who host the

nights for groups every

weekend, we were told

about the Health and

Safety issues of the place

and then was taken on a

quick tour around the

mansion, now bear in mind

the place is unfinished and

will always be so there are

rooms without floors and

windows without glass, and

being quite a windy night

made the place very cold.

Once all this was done

S.P.R.G started to set up

the equipment which just

for this night only con-

sisted of the 4 night vision

camera system and DVR

and numerous trigger ob-

jects scattered around.

The investigation consisted

of 4 teams of 10 and about

4 hour long vigils and a

grand séance in the cellar

and many fag and coffee

breaks. The phenomena

that was captured through

the night ranged from some

very interesting photo's to peo-

ple just bursting out crying for

no reason, allot of information

was picked up by my sensi-

tive's, names, things that had

happened, some not very nice.

There was no physical activity

that I know of that happened

that night but then by the time

6am arrived most people just

wanted their beds, so we didn't

have time to get everyone to-

gether and discuss the night

which was a shame.

Once I arrived home, after

checking various sites and

write-ups from other groups a

lot of the names and info that

we picked up was also picked

up by the other groups. All in

all it was a good night, on a

personal basis its not some-

where I would rush back to but

it was an experience and a

place my team and myself have

been wanting to investigate for

a long time and was grateful

that we was invited to be part

of it, it was a fun night espe-

cially watching members of the

public under night vision near

enough shivering in their boots

in fear, bless, but then we have

all been there in our own first

investigations and jumping out

of our skins with any noise and

creak that heard.

Thank you to Woodchester

Mansion, G.P.R.G and Nick

Thurston who had spent

months arranging the event,

and to spirit who did come for-

ward and join us for a worth-

while cause.

Clint Symonds

Any queries, please feel free to

contact me on

[email protected]




This month we are covering

a paranormal team known

as London & Essex Area

Paranormal Investigation

Group.

Can you tell us about your selves?

We’re a team of enthusiasts who all have one thing in common, the paranor-mal. Founded in 2008 and based in Fobbing, Essex, the team consists of 5 regular members who are from the Essex and London area. The team members are Alan Hall & Selina Dean (founder members), Jim Leaver (media analyst), Leanne Luxford (Historian and lo-cation researcher) and Ste-ven Crouch (Psychic me-dium).

So are you new to the paranormal reams?

No we all have prior experi-ence in investigating as we have all been part of other groups. We are a small team but have a very close bond between us. The biggest thing is trust. I wholeheart-edly trust my fellow team and they trust me which is a solid foundation for a suc-cessful relationship.

Can you tell us about the tools you use when out?

We have many items which we use. These include night vision camcorders, digital cameras, motion sensors, dowsing rods, trigger ob-jects, EMF meters, digital temperature readers and remote cctv camera and monitor. All of the equip-ment is used by all of our members and when on loca-tion we allow the hosts to join in as much as they want and if this means using the equipment, then fine. I want them to see what we are see-

ing at the time and it is a great way to break the barri-ers down when meeting new people.

So are you open minded or believers

All of our members with the exception of the psychic me-dium are all open minded believers. Steve, the medium has very firm beliefs that spirits or/and ghosts exist. I would love to say that “ghosts” exist, but until that moment when it physically appears in front of me and says BOO, then I must have my doubts. I do believe there is something there, but I will always keep an open mind on things.

So what Sort of things have you been up to?

On June 21st 2008, Selina and myself appeared on London’s XFM radio station as part of the 24 hour break-fast show with T.V pre-senter, Alex Zane. We did a small investigation of the XFM’s studio and offices and then appeared on the radio for a 20 minute inter-view. We were also recently invited to organize an inves-tigation on behalf of another radio station, which took place in 9th century caves underneath the city of Not-tingham. It was a very inter-esting evening, but sadly not much happened, but I had my suspicions we weren’t alone.

Have you have any ex-periences?

Over the years, the team have amassed plenty of in-vestigations. Leanne is our newest member, and very open to attract spirits. Leanne is a sensitive and picks up on many things as they happen. She has had many experiences with the team and one springs to mind. We were at Coalhouse

Fort in Essex. During the investi-gation she began to speak French. She knew she was speaking French but had no idea what she was actually saying. At the same moment, I went into a small trance and started to say I was a young French man on a boat. Selina is probably the most open one of us all. I have seen her on many occasions sense spirits. She has accurately come up with names and has had a few experi-ences of channeling. We each bring our own little pieces to the group.

What’s next for the team?

Well. We will have to see, but on March 24th On Living TV show, “Living with the Dead” as myself and Selina are in this episode. It was filmed at our 700 year old house and I must say it will be pretty spooky. What hap-pened on the vigils here opened my eyes even further, but you will have to watch to see what really hap-pened.

Any last words?

If anyone wishes us to attend a vigil or requires an in-vestigation by us, please get in touch. We don't charge for our time as we are a non-profit making group. We do it because for the love of it. But also when entering any location we are covered by paranormal liability insurance up to the value of £5 million, with one of the U.K’s leading insurance company.

to contact L.E.A.P visit

www.leap-uk.com or email [email protected]

Interview By Brian Lambert

Alan Hall, one of

L.E.A.P’s Founder

members

“During the

investigation

she began to

speak French.

She knew she

was speaking

French but

had no idea

what she was

actually say-

ing. At the

same moment,

I went into a

small trance

and started to

say I was a

young French

man on a

boat. ”



Disused RAF Stations are

notorious for their ghost sto-

ries, and RAF Coleby Grange

is no exception to this rule.I

RAF Coleby Grange, first

opened in 1939 and closed

for the final time in 1963,

when RAF Coleby Grange

saw its last aircraft and air-

men leave , or did it?

Given the amount of young

men who gave their lives in

the war, it is no surprise

then, that many WW2 air-

fields, refuse to fade away

into history, and continue to

affect the psyche of so many

today.

Located in the quiet Lincoln-

shire countryside, about 6

miles outside of Lincoln, and

now serving as farming land,

The hangars are long gone –

all that remains is the crum-

bling old control tower which

sits in the SE corner over-

looking the farm, as the ref-

erence point to a bygone age.

Notoriously haunted, the

control tower has affected

several teams who have in-

vestigated there, as recently

as last year, including a cam-

era crew from the BBC , who

on a warm summer’s night in

August 2005, decided to in-

vestigate this phenomenon,

and attempt to understand

what was going on at Coleby

Grange.

At first, nothing really hap-

pened. Then at 10:30pm the

activity started. Lights, bangs

and missiles were aimed at

the team, which were caught

on camera. Whoever was be-

hind it, it was clear that they

did not want them trespass-

ing into their world.

On the photographs, ghostly

mists and orbs were re-

corded, hovering behind

members of the team. They

had certainly walked into

something they couldn’t ex-

plain.

The ghost of an airmen in

WW2 flying kit has been seen

in and around the control

tower, stones have been

thrown, a feeling of presence

and not being alone has also

been noted and a shadowy

figure moves on both levels of

the control tower.

No-one really knows who the

pilot is, who is usually seen

on the top floor gazing

mournfully across the over-

grown runway. Is he remem-

bering fallen comrades, or

asking himself why the war

had to be?

At other times, the drone of

long gone bombers can be

heard on their flight path

home.

Other stories include a phan-

tom that looks out of the

window, footsteps heard on

the top corridor, and stones

that have been thrown at

people .

The Staircase on the inside,

where a young airman died

after falling down and frac-

turing his skull, seems to be

a particular hotspot and also

has a strange effect on visi-

tors, people have felt head-

pains near the stairs that

disappears when they leave

the vicinity, and voices have

been heard. Many people

have heard bangs, and un-

usual noises.

The tower is well know lo-

cally for producing flying

objects, with several people

who walk

their dogs

around the

fields at

night having

reported

having

stones and

other ob-

jects thrown

at them

when look-

ing in from the out-

side. Upon investiga-

tion the tower is al-

ways eerily quiet and

deserted.

If we take the theory of re-

sidual hauntings as read,

then it probably comes as no

surprise to anyone that the

amount of emotion WW2

airfields had and still have

on them now, is the reason

for these residual hauntings.

Tam Kinnear-Swift

The Peri track at RAF

Coleby Grange, Looking

towards the tower

“Notori-

ously

haunted, the

control

tower has

affected sev-

eral teams

who have

investigated

there, as re-

cently as

last year,

including a

camera crew

from the

BBC”

Strange Goings On At RAF Coleby Grange

The Haunted Control

Tower At RAF Coleby

Grange, Lincolnshire



The BPA took to the roads last week to meet up with a paranormal team to hand the founder their Membership/ID card. We thought it would be nice to meet and greet them personally as they are the first paranormal team to be processed and to receive our card that has been pro-vided by TandIM VestiGo for the BPA.

We arranged to meet them at a poplar haunted place in East Sussex called Michel-ham Priory, which is set on a medieval moated island and has the reputation of being one of the most haunted buildings in East Sussex.

Where are you and your team from?

We are all from Kent apart from Paul, who is from Es-sex, and has joined us from the paranormal group I was with before I started this one. We are a new group which I only started the end of last year so are still looking for members to join us.

How long have you been interested in the para-normal?

I have been interested in the Paranormal and spiritual

things for as long as I can remember. I have always believed there is more than this life circle. When you look at things like trees and plants, they have a cycle of birth, death and rebirth so maybe its the same for hu-mans, animals etc.

Do you have any inter-esting stories that has happen to you or your team when out

Yes, we were at Arundel Jail and were asking spirit some questions, when we noticed that the candle which was on a table in the centre of the group started moving to a yes answer. We tested to see if anyone was blowing it etc. and were satisfied, well apart from the Skeptics who said we should do it another time all wearing masks over our faces! We have had some very interesting E.V.P’s too.

Have you worked with others teams or clubs before?

I used to work with a friend and my cousin, but more re-cently I’ve been in 3-4 clubs. A couple just folded due to lack of commitment. People don't realize how much time is spent just waiting for hours only to get no results. I left a couple of other groups be-cause of arguments, disor-ganization and egotistical people. this is a real shame as we are all seeking the same out come and are not in com-petition with others. I set Kent paranormal seekers up to try and have all that attend on an equal footing, so that its friendlier and hopefully will survive. Tonight you are At

Michelham Priory what are you hoping to find with your team

We are hoping to get some more paranormal evidence and try to prove spirit's existence to our skeptics in the team. How did you hear about the BPA and what made you think about joining

I found the BPA after contacting with you regarding our group do-ing an investigation at Pevensey Courthouse. I hadn't heard of the organization before but was very interested to find some where that people could go to for advise etc. Its also nice to see someone wanting to help and advise groups on topics like health and safety etc. A lot of groups out there seem unaware of the dan-gers of walking about in the dark. They also see paranormal as some kind of entertainment which it isn't so guide lines should help those people.

What’s Your view on the ID Card /Membership

I think the membership is a great idea; It is nice to have somewhere to go when we need help and it’s good that the BPA are trying to get us lots of benefits. Venues are so expensive the discounts will help. Also there are too many groups out there who have no respect for places and are just in it for the money so an organization like the BPA a good idea. I think the Photo ID part will also help to reassure a lot of people that we are who we are and can also be vouched for by the BPA if required. I feel proud to have become a member of the BPA and will certainly tell others.

To contact Kent Paranormal Seek-ers, visit www.kentparanormalseekers.co.uk

Interview By Brian Lambert

“there are

too many

groups out

there who

have no re-

spect for

places and

are just in it

for the

money so an

organization

like the BPA

is a good

idea”

The UKBPA Awards First Paranormal

License To Kent Paranormal Seekers

Kent Paranormal Seekers

receive their licence from

UKBPA Founder, Brian

Lambert


Featured Venue — Pevensey Courthouse

Museum


The Pevensey Courthouse

Museum in historic Peven-

sey Village alongside the

castle, is housed

in the old town

hall dating from

the 13th century.

Courts met here

right up until

1866 when the

borough was dis-

solved.

Widely believed

to be haunted, the

Courthouse Mu-

seum holds

Haunted Ghosts Nights for

the brave!

Also inside, the old court-

house is presented as it was

in the past and two cells are

also within. The Courthouse

is the smallest town hall in

England.

UKBPA Members Gain a

10% discount on entrance

with a team of 10 or more,

and upon presentation of

their UKBPA license

Pevensey Courthouse

Museum, High Street,

Pevensey BN24 5LF.

Tel.01323 760547.

on Wednesday the 18th of

march, the project devel-

oper received a phone call

from the HBOS group con-

firming that we have been

chosen to go into the last 25.

The next step is to meet

with the HBOS group in

person and present a case as

to why we should be chosen

The UKBPA has recently

received news from The

HBOS group, that we have

been selected to go into the

last 25, from thousands of

entrants, for an award do-

nation of up to £500,000.

The Grant was applied for

last month, and we have

been waiting for news, but

for the award, and

also breakdown

what the award

money will be used

for in more detail.

I’m sure you will

join with us in

wishing the pro-

jects team the best

of luck with this.

march, the UKBPA were featured on a show on Talk Sport radio. Nick Thurston, the UKBPA’s Media rep talked about the BPA live on air on the Ian Collins show, at 2330 sun night.

With the problems of hack-ing being highlighted, this elicited a response from sev-eral web design companies, offering help to build a new site.

This has brought the UK-BPA’s name into the main-stream as the foremost asso-ciation for paranormal re-lated topics, with several new groups coming forward and showing an interest in the paranormal licence.

Nick also went on to talk about the aims of the UK-BPA as well as how were are moving forward with every month that comes.

On Sunday the 22nd of

UKBPA Featured On National

Talk Radio Show

UKBPA In Last 25 For HBOS Grant

Funding

“This has

brought the

UKBPA’s

name into

the

mainstream

as the

foremost

association

for

paranormal

related

topics”

Pevensey Courthouse as it

Stands Today

“Located 5

minutes

from East-

bourne is

the inter-

esting, his-

torical little

village of

Pevensey.”

Nick Thurston, The

UKBPA’s Media

Representative



From Sir Thomas Bolyns’

headless ghost riding over

the 12 bridges into Suffolk, to

the black shuck stories of

Mundesley and Happis-

burgh, Norfolk is as rich in

history, as it is ghost stories.

But unusually, a lot of these

seem to centre around a 20

mile stretch of the Norfolk

broads.

Here, I will attempt to bring

some of the more famous

and well loved stories to life.

The Ferry Inn, Horning is

home to a rather tragic story.

Local lore has it that a pretty,

25 year old girl was raped

and murdered by a group of

monks from nearby St.

Benets Abbey, Ludham, and

her battered, naked body was

dumped into the river. It is

said that she is seen every

year on the anniversary of

her tragic death walking

along the riverbank by the

Ferry Inn, and toppling into

the river.

Nearby St. Benets Abbey, 3

miles outside of Horning, is

the only Abbey that was

never dissolved by Henry the

IIIV. The Abbey itself is now

in ruins, apart from the old

mill and gatehouse, but it

has its own menacing ghost.

At the time of the dissolution

of the monasteries, the Ab-

bot was fearful the land

would be turned over to the

local landowner, so sent one

of his monks to negotiate

peacefully.

The greedy monk, took a

payment from the landowner

to let him in to the monas-

tery so he could seize the

land, but news of this

reached the Abbot who had

him strung up and hanged

from what now is the last

remaining doorway of the old

monastery , laying a curse to

anyone who dares to walk St.

Benet’s at night.

The Stories tell, that every

year upon the anniversary of

his death, the treacherous

monk can be seen and heard

kicking and screaming his

last, hanging from the door-

way.

But it doesn't end there, a

recent investigation by local

groups have turned out that

their might be more to this

legend that meets the eye.

When Norwich based group,

NPEG and Great Yarmouth

based Paranormal Beyond

Belief investigated St. Benets

Abbey together in 2008, one

member was pushed and

held against the wall, and

groped by an unseen force,

whilst another member was

left with scratch marks on

their neck, after being clawed

by an unseen hand. Could

these have been the vengeful

monk?

Hickling Broad, 2 miles up

the river from Ludham, has

one particular story, which

has 2 ghosts, that date from

the Napoleonic war.

One cold Winter In the early

1800’s, a drummer boy was

on leave from the wars in

Europe, and had starting see-

ing a local farmers daughter.

The Farmer was not happy

about this match and

promptly banned them from

meeting. The drummer boy

would then skate across the

ice every night, beating his

drum to alert his love he

was on the way, till one

night, late in February,

when the ice was melting,

he fell through the ice never

to be seen again, except on

the anniversary of his death,

when he is either seen or

heard skating across Hick-

ling Broad, beating his

drum.

His young lover has also

often been sighted rowing

across Hickling broad call-

ing his name in a lost and

lonely tone.

10 miles up the road from

Horning, lies Aylsham,

Home to Blickling Hall.

Once owned By Sir Thomas

Bolyn, father of Anne Bolyn,

Henry the IIIV’s wife, the

King seized the home after

he had sir Thomas be-

headed for treason shortly

before he beheaded Anne.

Sir Thomas’ headless ghost

is said to drive a coach and

team of 4 head-

less horses

through Norfolk

passing by 12

bridges before

arriving at

Bigod's Castle,

Bungay, Suffolk.

Legend tells, that

if you see the apparition and

pay Sir Thomas any atten-

tion, he will carry your soul

off with him on his journey

for all eternity.

Tam Kinnear—Swift

Ghosts Of The Norfolk Broads

Bigod’s Castle,

Bungay,

Suffolk, Where

Sir Thomas

Bolyn ends his

yearly ride

“From Sir

Thomas

Bolyns’

headless

ghost riding

over the 12

bridges into

Suffolk, to

the black

shuck sto-

ries of Mun-

desley and

Happis-

burgh, Nor-

folk is as

rich in his-

tory, as it is

ghost sto-

ries.”


An In Depth Look At Instrumental Trans

Communication And The Klaus Schreiber Method


Klaus Schreiber was a German ITC researcher back in the 1980's. He had messages via E.V.P to point his Camera re-corder towards the TV set and feed the output of the camera into the input of the TV set, thus causing a Visual feedback loop. Klaus worked long sleep-less nights on the method, un-til he had and on screen effect of a pulsating mist, from out of these mists came pictures from people he recognized that had crossed over. Over time Klaus refined the method so he had the right onscreen effect he search for, from which pictures of his daughter and wife that had passed to the other side, became clear for him and all to view. Also Famous people such as Einstein came through. Klaus called the Pictures 'Drop in's' as he felt spirit were show-ing him and everyone else, that life continued after the physi-cal body died.

How does the Feedback Loop produce pictures from the afterlife?

So far, I believe that light and the replay/recycle of light as the feedback works is the key factor here. If we think of the loop as a highly sensitive ray of electronic frequency and that spirit is energy, Spirit could and would manipulate the fre-quency of this source , there by achieving. the desired pictures.

Are all pictures spirits?

I would say with certainty NO! 9o% is noise that the feedback produces. So that leaves us with a very small percentage to work with to keep us on our toes. 10% of the remaining I would consider to be spirits! The loop is the vehicle not the picture itself! What I find with most of the Stand out knock your socks off pic-tures is that they are not part of the loop.

Let me explain more, imagine the loop pulsating in and out flashing driving the blue mist off the core, off the mist you will have break up and fringe edges which is natural for a highly sensitive energy that is hard to control, the break up or noise is the energy needed for the pictures to travel. We are talking 28 frames per second, some times you can see the picture building up to form a detailed face, others will just appear like 'pop up'! Remember the loop is just the vehicle, from which the pictures are carried.

Then when you grab some of these frame that has potential and exam-ine them in greater detail, the eye sees what they are for certain within the first few seconds. I often wonder what are the chances of a face appearing with eyes and nose, mouth hairline etc, all being where they should be?

As with all I.T.C methods there ap-pears to be a weak signal of com-munication from which spirit are able to work with and communicate with us. My mission is to boost this signal via "The Schreiber Method" to gain more clearer pictures. There has been E.V.P telling us that spir-its communicate via "Plasma"! So is this the way forward? Now for those who don't already know Plasma is a energy, being responsi-ble for the Northern lights shinning its aura beauty over the night sky's. So If we look at plasma as a energy and how it has found its way into main stream living such as:-Plasma TV's, Lamps etc could this be the key we are searching for? So I put 2+2 together and hopefully come up with 4?

What is Reso-nance? Resonance to me sim-ply means to have a good working relation-ship with my spirit team. Resonance means to send out good vibrations of thoughts before and during the session, this way you will gain the right kind of spirit communication. In lay mans terms Reso-nance has been men-tioned as 'like attracts like' whatever kind of person you are is the kind of spirit you will attract or connect with. This is not just about spiritual communication this also goes for life. Have you ever talked to someone or been with someone in work that you feel, 'we just don't click as people'? This is physical resonance!

Same goes for the communication of spirits, you will click spirits with cer-tain souls that are very similar to you. ITC is not just turning on the recorder or TV and hoping for the best, reso-nance or a good working relationship has got to be gained to open the right channels for ongoing solid progressive communication, all relationships have got to be built, here is nothing differ-ent. But spirit to spirit or like attract like, the same level of reso-nance is present.

So keep building the rela-tionship you have with your spirit team!

Lance Reed

Lance Reed—One Of the

Countries Leading ITC

Experts

“What I

find with

most of the

Stand out

knock your

socks off

pictures is

that they

are not

part of the

loop”

An example of some of

Lances’ Work



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